Evaluating long‐term ivermectin use and the role of dung beetles in reducing short‐term CH4 and CO2 emissions from livestock faeces: a mesocosm design under Mediterranean conditions
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Título: | Evaluating long‐term ivermectin use and the role of dung beetles in reducing short‐term CH4 and CO2 emissions from livestock faeces: a mesocosm design under Mediterranean conditions |
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Autor/es: | Verdú, José R. | Sánchez-Piñero, Francisco | Lobo, Jorge M. | Cortez, Vieyle |
Grupo/s de investigación o GITE: | Biodiversidad y Biotecnología aplicadas a la Biología de la Conservación |
Centro, Departamento o Servicio: | Universidad de Alicante. Departamento de Ciencias Ambientales y Recursos Naturales | Universidad de Alicante. Centro Iberoamericano de la Biodiversidad |
Palabras clave: | Artificial warming | Biodiversity and ecosystem function | Greenhouse gas emissions | Ivermectin | Off-axis integrated cavity output spectroscopy |
Área/s de conocimiento: | Zoología |
Fecha de publicación: | feb-2020 |
Editor: | Wiley |
Cita bibliográfica: | Ecological Entomology. 2020, 45(1): 109-120. doi:10.1111/een.12777 |
Resumen: | 1. Greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from livestock contribute significantly to global warming, and a reduction of this source of emissions is crucial in achieving the goal of mitigating global warming. 2. CO2 and CH4 emissions from dung pats were analysed by means of a mesocosm experiment in a Mediterranean ecosystem. The experiment consisted of a total of 30 mesocosms distributed across three treatments: a well‐preserved, undisturbed dung beetle assemblage associated with organic livestock; a dung beetle assemblage that was impoverished as a result of the long‐term use of veterinary medical products; and a control treatment without dung beetles. 3. Corrections related to insect respiration allow researchers to provide more precise measurements of CO2 emissions from dung, especially in the initial and final phases of dung exposure, when the percentage of CO2 emitted by dung beetles can become greater than the emissions from the dung pats themselves. 4. The effects of dung beetles on CO2 and CH4 emissions are much more accentuated in warm‐temperate conditions than in northern temperate areas previously studied. Mediterranean assemblages remove and spread dung faster and more effectively than do northern dung beetle assemblages characterised by a lower functional richness and beetle abundance and biomass. 5. From a livestock management viewpoint, mesocosms representing areas with impoverished dung beetle assemblages, due to the long‐term use of veterinary medical products, such as ivermectin, emitted 1.6‐ and 2.8‐fold higher total CO2 and CH4, respectively, than mesocosms mimicking sites with untreated livestock. |
Patrocinador/es: | Financial support was provided by the projects CGL2015-68207-R of the Secretaría de Estado de Investigación, Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad. |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/10045/101323 |
ISSN: | 0307-6946 (Print) | 1365-2311 (Online) |
DOI: | 10.1111/een.12777 |
Idioma: | eng |
Tipo: | info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Derechos: | © 2019 The Royal Entomological Society |
Revisión científica: | si |
Versión del editor: | https://doi.org/10.1111/een.12777 |
Aparece en las colecciones: | INV - BBaBC - Artículos de Revistas |
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